The Russellville Democrat., 1887-12-14
PRICE FIVE CENTS

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 | more learshi&
 Ina the nalsf~t sf shn rsay af fess senA Ast | CT did stand. . ssas ae e @s ~ | sn.hearted 1ssaFHiaa
 | imagined that meFt1s ~ | smifson into eMnh saM4NHNA "A sanna not IlfsIsse. ff re M Josephine be dlsensnbefaasiei tNe
 the Empress has taken rpsssNe w ~ | figure. | am not yef satssMaa fA4s
 stone. The puf of fhs amts eN sa
 seems to need bnt the pSHNase tNf finger to indsnt lt fna H&sfs at s"H | tom of the robe. tha Fuass at ssH aeFAs tas | fur lining on the aresa. fhs slaixt4efY M i the satin, the cluster of Wy AHd lHef Aaa
 rose in hor hand, the pose of hee tsaaE as
 she seems to como sailing ons nf fAa aAYs her face calm, bumbie. beantsf.si 'aea Hes | sad, attest tho genlus of ths ssulps@ eHA | the beauty of the heroine he orAeernsas | Looking up through tbs rifts ~ tes coronet that encircies her trse. ' e~elf
 see the sky beyond, tho great h@nsems where all woman's wrongs shai hN f&nk | ed, and the story Of eadnfaaea Ana resignation shall be told e alt the &ENs The rose and the lily in the b~na Josephine will never afsp ssE
 n1,g they suffer on esfh, in palaces l or in novels, shall come Co fhas glorseas 1 rest, oh Hcavcn< sweet Hcavenl st thT 1 gate we set ddwn all our bardeas and griefs. Tho pldce will bs fnil. Here thsre
 are vacant chairs at tue hearth, aud af | the table, but tne.o are no vacant chairs 1 in rseaven The crowns all worn; tas 1 thrones all mounted.
 l Some talk of Heaven as though H we've a very handsome church. where few 1 favored spirits would como in and sft down on finely-cushioned seats aii by themselves, and sing psalms to all etcr. nifty. No, no.
 l saw a great multitude that no man could number, standing before the throne He thst | talked with me had golden reed to measure
 the city and it was is0oo furloags. 1 That is, onethousand- fivehundret miles in circumference. Ahl Heaven Is not a little colony at one corner of Gods dominion, where mans en- trance depends upon what kind Of | clothes he has on his back and how fsnucA money he has in -hfs purse. but vast empire. God graft that the light of that
 blessed world may shine upon our last I moment se
 The toughest time we had in crossing 1 the ocean was at the mouth of Liverpool I harbor We arrived at nightfall, and 1 were obliged to lie there till the morning, | waiting for the rising of the tide, before l we could go up to the city. How the ves-
 sol pitched and writhed in the water So sometimes the last illness of the Christian is a struggle He is almost through the voyage. The waves of temptation toss his soul, but he waits for the morning At
 last the light dawns, and the tides af oy
 rise in his soul, and he sails up; md casts anchor within the vail
 | Is thy heart rightf
 l What question can cor
 | importance?
 It is a business auestion.
 realize that you will seou haN
 that store; that you will ha
 that partnership; that sns
 the millions of
 | of goods that are sold .n
 | York you will not have the handling of yard of cloth, or pound Of sugar, or a penny worth of any thing; that soon if q
 confagration should start at Central Park and sweep every thing to the Bat terry 1t would not disturb you; that soon If every cashier should abscond, and every insurance company should fail, it 1 would not affect you? What are tho questions that stop this side the grave
 compared with the questions that reach beyond if? Are you making losses that are to be everlasting? Are you making purchases for eternity? Are you jobbing for time when ou might be wholcsaling for eternity? What question of the store is so broad at the base, and so altitudin- ous and so overwhelming as the question: Is thy heart right?
 Or is it domestic question, Is it something about father, or mother, or companion, or son, or daughter, that you think is comparable with this question in importanceY Do you not realize that by
 universal and memorable law, all these re-
 lations will be broken up2 Your father
 will be gone, your mothar will be gone. your companion will be gone, your child | will be gone, you will be gone, and then this supernal question will begin to har- vest it's chief gains, or deplore it's worst losses, roll up into it's mightiest magni- ' tude, or sweep it's vast circles. What difference now does 1t mako to Napoleon III. whether he triumphed or surrendered at Sedan? whether | he lived at the Tullcries or at | ChiseihurstP whether he was emperor or | exile? They laid him out in his coffin in | the dress of "a field-marshal Did that | give him any better chance for tho next world than if he had heen laid out in plain shroudg And soon to us what will | be the difference whether in this world we rode or walkss. were bowed to or mal-
 treated, were app lud tor nissed at, were welcomed in rf kirked out while
 laying hold of every moment of the great
 future, aud burning in all the splendor or grief, and overarching and undergoing all
 time and all eternity, is the plain, simple.
 practical, thrilling, agonizing, over | wheming question,
 l Is thy heart rightY
 | Have you within you a repenting heart, an expectant ifearts If not must
 write upon your soul what George White | field wrote upon the window pane with his diamond ring. He tarried in an elegant house over night, but found that there was no God recognized in that
 house. Before he left his room in tho l morning, with his ring he wrote upon
 the widow pane, "One thing thou lack est" After the guest was gone the housewife came up and looked at t4ie window and saw the inscription and called her husband and her children, and God. through that ministry of the
 window glass, brought them all to Jesus.
 Though you may to-day be surrounded by
 comforts and Injuries aud feel that you
 have need of nothing, if you are not the
 children of God with the signet ring Of
 Christ's love, let me inscribe upon your
 souls: "One thing thou lackest.r pray yon that, whatever else you may
 miss, you may not miss Heaven. 1t is too
 bright home to lose. Your soul has been
 bought at too dear price. Ipreach to you
 of the blood that cieanseth from all sin.
 Casting all your sins behind you. beg of
 you to lstart this morning for the king
 dom. "Yes," you say, T will start, but not now" William III. mnde procama
 ton. when there was a revolution in tho North of Scotland that all who came and
 took the oath of allegiance by the sIst of
 of December should he pardoned. Mac
 fan, chieftain of prominent clan, re- solved to return with the rest ef the
 rebels, but had some pride in being Inc unru lnat ono that 4lolild tnka ina